Screen Printing A Printing Processes ……………….

To Be Successful You Must Be Able To: A*  Justify the selection and use of Screen Printing to produce a graphic product  Explain two advantages and one disadvantage of using Screen Printing A  Explain two advantages of using Screen Printing  Recall the complete Screen Printing process B  Give two advantages and one disadvantage of using Screen Printing  Recall the majority of the Screen Printing process C  Give two advantages of using Screen Printing  Recall some of the Screen Printing process +

The Basic Principle a mesh (screen) is masked off by a stencil a mesh (screen) is masked off by a stencil the mesh is placed on to the paper the mesh is placed on to the paper ink is applied and it passes through the mesh onto the paper ink is applied and it passes through the mesh onto the paper

Commercial Screen Printing screens are produced using photo-emulsion Technique screen is placed on top of media to be printed onto ink is placed on top of screen and pushed through the mesh using a Squeege screen lifted away and ink left to dry process repeated for all colours required

EXAMPLE PRODUCTS motorway sign T - Shirts mugs point of sales display For Sale sign

Advantages  Stencils easy to produce Give/State (1 mark) Explain/Describe (1 mark) a very cost effective printing process SO  Able to print on a virtually any surface  Low cost / does not require expensive machinery SO a very wide variety of product requirements can be accommodated cost effective for short print runs

Disadvantages  Difficult to achieve fine detail Give/State (1 mark) Explain/Describe (1 mark) only suitable for simple images SO  Slow process / long drying times between colours only cost effective for low print runs SO